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How do you take a teacher, a doctor, a plumber, and a student and turn them into an army?... In particular, how do you do this when just a few weeks earlier they were marching against each other in opposing factions down the streets of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem?

As a volunteer, I’ve seen firsthand the unprecedented mobilization of Israeli society to support bereaved families, families whose husbands/fathers were called up, and refugees from the South and North. So, what missing element did this dinner offer?

Certainly, the masterminds behind this movement understood that students are easily beckoned by social causes that make them feel empowered. By defending the rights of those they feel are less fortunate, they assuage their guilty conscience for enjoying the middle-class comforts that others do not.

Perhaps Joseph recognizes he has an opportunity to help create a different future, one where the brothers will learn to live together in peace and harmony, and where Yaakov will be blessed to once again be surrounded by all of his sons living and working together towards a better future.

Whether the epidemic of anti-church/anti-state attacks are coordinated or spontaneous, they combine to achieve a common goal. They fracture the French nation and drive a wedge between good people on both sides of France’s religious racial/divide.

The Israel Democracy Institute poll also found that 69% of all Israelis support elections immediately after the war.

No one can deny that the tragic, brutal, genocidal massacre of innocent Jews on Shabbat Simchat Torah brought about at least a temporary ceasefire in the multi-level conflict in Israel – left vs. right, secular vs. religious, Ashkenazim vs. Sephardim.

Now don't get me wrong. No one loves a hard laugh more than me.

The Biden administration, which has pointedly moved two full aircraft carrier battle groups with overwhelming firepower to the Middle East, has failed to strike at Houthi military facilities, limiting itself to defending against the launched missiles and drones, even after persuading Israel to allow the U.S. to deal with the problem.

Last week the campaign matured into actual sanctions on “extremist settlers.”

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According to the Times of Israel, Kirby said some of the steps the IDF has taken to prevent civilian casualties in Gaza went further than what the U.S. would have done if it were in Israel’s place.

It creates divisiveness on campuses that makes Jewish students and faculty fearful for their safety when their university president seems unwilling to apply the same standard to those who advocate genocide against Jews as they surely would against anyone who advocated genocide against Blacks or the raping of women or the shooting of gay and transgender people.

“No one knows more about being pushed off land than the Jews,” he said. “Including being kicked out of almost every Arab country they once lived in.”

Hezbollah recently fired a rocket just 20 meters from a U.N. compound in Lebanon on Dec. 9.

Did anyone call for a ceasefire when the US was routing ISIS in Syria and Iraq, or demanded that the US end its military campaign by a certain date?

The third thing that America can do is stop working with the Palestinian Authority. The Biden administration is currently working on a postwar plan that includes the Palestinian Authority taking over leadership of Gaza.

Israel’s ratio of civilian vs. combatant casualties is the best in the world.

The contents of the deal only made matters worse, for a desperate Israel made a majority of the concessions.

From the murder of Sébastien Sellam in 2003 to that of Mireille Knoll in 2018, all murders of Jews in France have been committed by radicalized Muslims.

The PLO and its supporters continued to look for a way to expel Israel.

The president’s rhetoric continues to turn against the Jewish state, but as long as the military aid keeps flowing, his appeasement of anti-Israel Democrats won’t save Hamas.

An ugly, fringe phenomenon being falsely puffed up to "balance" the crimes of Hamas.

“Israel has nowhere near the capacity they need to deal with a major war with Hezbollah,” said Brad Bowman, of FDD. “We have to sound the alarm so that the people that can actually do something about it can fix it.”

What will each of us do to maintain this brotherly bond once the battlefield quiets?

Maybe you don’t need to hear this, but it must be said to counter the voices arguing otherwise: You did not deserve this

This is a time that we need to dig deeper, muster all of our energy, courage and resources to stand tall and proud and to be practicing Jews.

When they do not contain a clear message and require interpretation, a crucial question arises: Who is empowered to interpret the dream?

Indeed, we are seeing a surge of feminine strength and resilience during these trying days for Israel and world Jewry. In our Jerusalem community, I am blown away by the acts of heroism and self-sacrifice that I am witnessing firsthand.

We should pay more respect to those who display moral courage and clear-headed moral principles.